Beauty & Spas in Rome

Though his mind was filled with skepticism for chiro practice, his sinuses were filled with pollen. Tired of endlessly trying various physician-prescribed medications for his debilitating allergies, young James Dougherty finally turned to a chiropractor and, with the help of a few spinal adjustments, found relief from his allergies.

Now a chiropractic practitioner himself, Dr. Dougherty gives his patients the same care that worked for him. Using the diversified adjustment technique, he bolsters the body's natural healing abilities, helping his patients find relief from headaches, pain, and a wide range of ailments.

Tonia Reed's first salon was modest. With only two stations and one other stylist, the beauty specialist found that her burgeoning skills and thriving client base were becoming too much for the space to handle. In 2004, she became enamored of a large Victorian-style home, and the site of In Vogue Salon & Spa was born. Decked in stately chandeliers and dark-wood bureaus, the salon surrounds its experienced hair, skin, and massage professionals with the same vintage inspiration that originally took hold of its owner. Clients take in a cup of flavored coffee or tea before basking in a massage or facial in a private treatment room or gazing into gilded mirrors as stylists sculpt locks and enrich them with vibrant colors. To polish the rest of clients' statures, technicians wax away unwanted hair and pull from a shelf of OPI products to groom and shape fingernails before they start biting themselves.

Blissful Beauty Bar owner Amber Leigh Cole has worked her glamorizing magic on faces and bodies across the country, bringing the success of her original Salt Lake City eye bar––Blissfuleigh Iced––to sister locations in New York. Amber is a certified eyelash-extension specialist and a master aesthetician; her employees all boast similar certifications, and undergo an intensive three-month training before getting the go ahead to enhance exteriors with microdermabrasion, slimming body wraps, and airbrush tanning. House-specialty eyelash extensions are applied individually to the natural lashes, making lash lines look fuller and flirtier without dressing them up in mascara or low-cut cocktail dresses. The team can also dip lashes in a hard coating that adds drama and thickness for four–six weeks, applying it to natural lashes or as an extra enhancer to bottom extensions.

One look at Brittany Sirota's resumé confirms her extensive knowledge of the body's inner workings: between earning a national-board certification and state massage licenses in both New York and Maryland, she somehow found the time to also become a certified personal trainer. Brittany puts all of that knowledge to good use at Solace Healing, where she soothes bodily aches and pains with custom massage techniques, holistic energy treatments, and taps of poetic Morse code. When she isn't untying knotted muscles, Brittany works them out during personal-training sessions that tone the body's contours and promote flexibility.

At Tanning Oasis, bodies bronze within three levels of Ergoline tanning beds or under the precise nozzle of an airbrush device. Using products from Designer Skin, Swedish Beauty, and Supre, Tanning Oasis’s sun-savvy techs can customize a skin-specific tan for their clientele or load shopping bags with tanning accessories. The salon accommodates frequent visitors with monthly and yearly packages, facilitating a healthy glow during the dead of winter and a summer spent living in caves.

Under the watchful eye of owner Jennifer, the stylists at Innovations Day Spa trim, texture, and tint hair with ease. Their teen services cater to guests aged 12 to 17 by providing acne remedies and cutting hair into the shape of prom tiaras. Makeup artist Carrieann coats skin in 100% mineral makeup, while massage therapists knead muscles with treatments such as hot-stone, paraffin-drench, and sinus-relief massages. After each appointment, visitors can stock up vegan, gluten-free, and sulfate-free certified organic products from Surface.